Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering

General Information

Electronic Engineering is the core discipline that has enabled the remarkable technology advances of recent years.These advances are seen in terms of the ever increasing performance and miniaturisation in areas such as mobile communications, audio and video products, and personal computers.All these are made possible by continuing new developments in Electronic Engineering.

The role of the Electronic Engineer has high visibility in terms of the circuit technologies which have spawned major new industries in telecommunications and computer engineering. Electronic Engineers are concerned with the design of circuits and systems which offer greater performance than previous generations, while consuming less space and less power than before. Electronic Engineers have brought us mobile phones, digital cameras, security systems, improved weather forecasting, electronic medical devices and so many other things that we now take for granted.

Students of Electronic Engineering share the same syllabus as those studying Computer Engineering and Robotic Engineering at UL for the first two years. In the first two years, students have the option to transfer between these three courses.

The Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronic Engineering program is accredited by Engineers Ireland (EI) and is internationally recognized. Graduates may pursue higher degrees by research (M Eng, PhD, etc), or through taught postgraduate programmes (M Eng, MBA, etc).

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Course Structure

Year 1 comprises Part 1, and covers foundation material in: Software, Electronics, Physics, and Engineering Maths. Year 2, 3 and 4 comprise Part 2, and cover material in the following subject areas:

• Maths, Signals, Digital Signal Processing
• Analogue Circuits and Systems
• Digital Circuits and Systems
• Control Systems
• Physics and Semiconductor Technology
• Software
• Telecommunication Systems and Networks

In the final year (year 4) students undertake a major individual project involving a design and implementation task, putting into practice the skills and techniques acquired throughout the course.

Industrial work experience is a positive and motivating thirty-week period of cooperative education and is an integral part of the programme. It provides students with experience of the practice and application of Electronic Engineering in a suitable working environment. During this period, starting at the end of year 2, students are paid by their employer.

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Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to hold at the time of enrolment the established Leaving Certificate (or an approved equivalent) with at least Grade C3 in two Higher Level subjects and Grade D3 in four Ordinary or Higher Level subjects (including Mathematics; Irish or another language; and English). In addition, applicants are required to hold at least the following in the Leaving Certificate, or an approved equivalent: Grade C3 in Higher level Mathematics and a grade D3 in a Higher or Ordinary Level paper in any one of the following: Physics, Chemistry, Physics with Chemistry, Engineering,Technical Drawing/Design & Communication Graphics,Technology, Biology,Agricultural Science.

Students can also enter this programme of study via the Engineering Choice degree LM116.A Special Mathematics Examination will be offered at UL following the Leaving Certificate results for those students who did not achieve the Mathematics requirement.

Career Prospects

Graduates of the course have successfully developed careers in the following employment areas:

• Process Control and Automation
• Semiconductor Processing
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Advanced Study and Research
• Mobile Communications
• Healthcare and Medical Systems
• Electronic System Design
• Telecommunications System Design